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Last updated on 2022-08-09.

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Michael J. Sieler Jr. 

Summary

• Microbiome scientist with 5+ years of experience developing molecular, computational, and statistical research methods

• Research how multiple environmental factors interact with the gut microbiome to influence host health

• Robust data analytic skills in multivariate statistics and machine learning to drive research experiments forward

• Demonstrated abilities to collaborate and take leadership in cross-laboratory experiments

• Experienced in written, oral and visual communication across scientific and public audiences

Education

Ph.D. Microbiology, minor in Biological Data Sciences

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

2020 - estimated 2025

B.Sc. Bioresource Research, options in Bioinformatics and Genomics

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

2017 - 2020

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MJSieler Consulting

Corvallis, Oregon

May 2022 - Present

Designed, developed, and deployed educational video game software for clients to fulfill grant requirements for communicating scientific research.

Projects: Virtual Fish.

Tools Used: C#, Unity, Python, SQL

Graduate Research Student

Sharpton Lab (Oregon State University)

Corvallis, Oregon

Sep. 2020 - Present

Investigate how environmental factors (diet, pollutants, pathogens, etc.) interact with the gut microbiome to influence host health using the zebrafish model organism.

Projects: Impacts of diet & infection, temperature & infection, and chronic antibiotic exposure on gut microbiome. MicrobialBioinformaticsHub

Tools Used: R, Python, DADA2, Phyloseq, multivariant statistics, machine learning, Unix/Linux, zebrafish husbandry

Undergraduate Research Student

Sharpton Lab (Oregon State University)

Corvallis, Oregon

Nov. 2018 - Sep. 2020

Developed novel gnotobiotic microbiome methods using zebrafish.

Projects: Benzo[a]pyrene effect on zebrafish gut microbiome

Tools Used: R, DADA2, Phyloseq, Zebrafish husbandry

Undergraduate Research Student

Mahmud Laboratory (Oregon State University)

Corvallis, Oregon

Nov. 2017 - Nov. 2018

Assist PhD students and Post-docs with research projects.

Projects: Discovering novel antibiotics

Tools Used: Bacterial culturing, DNA extraction, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis,